Fans also found this evening’s last ever episode of Big Brother to be a difficult watch and they turned to Twitter to express their sadness over the show ending.

One viewer wrote: “Last ever big brother.”

Another said: “The last ever episode of big brother ever you have to be kidding.”

“12 years of my life comes down to this, it might be a shadow of its former self, I might agree with the rest, but Big Brother will always be my favourite show and hold a place in my heart that no show could hope to fill,” commented another viewer.

Another viewer added: “Only I would be getting emotional over the last ever Big Brother.”

Big Brother final 2018: Emma Willis in tears during the final (Image: CHANNEL 5)